What’s new in Svelte: February 2026
Custom select elements, new button props for remote functions and improvements across the Node and Vercel adapters
This month brings a few new features to Svelte and SvelteKit and quite a few new libraries from around the community.
Also, in case you missed it last month, the Svelte maintainers released patches for 5 vulnerabilities across the Svelte ecosystem. ...
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* Steelman: The article presents a comprehensive account of new features, libraries, and tools released for Svelte and SvelteKit in February 2026. The update highlights the customization options for select elements and improvements in the CSS parser, along with changes to remote functions, Node, and Vercel adapters.
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* Root cause: The updates aim to enhance the functionality and usability of Svelte, a popular open-source framework for building user interf...
